Saturday, June 18, 2016

Belgian police arrest 12 suspected of planning new attacks

12 people suspected of planning new attacks were arrested across Belgium overnight after police carried out about 40 house searches in the country, the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement today. 

"In connection with a criminal investigation concerning terrorism... 40 persons were taken for questioning. Twelve among them were arrested. The investigating judge will decide on their possible detention later today," the statement said.

Europe is on high alert as the Euro 2016 soccer tournament is under way in neighbouring France.

Islamist suicide bombers killed 32 people in Brussels in March following attacks in Paris in November in which 130 people died.

Investigators have confirmed links between the perpetrators, some of whom were based in Belgium.

Flemish public broadcaster VTM said the people arrested overnight were suspected of planning an attack in Brussels this weekend during one of Belgium's soccer matches in the Euros.


  • Belgian police on Wednesday received an anti-terror alert warning that a group of Islamic State fighters recently left Syria en route for Europe planning attacks in Belgium and France, security officials said.     

Yesterday police arrested and detained a man named as Youssef E.A, a Belgian national, on suspicion of taking part in terrorist activities in connection with the Brussels attacks.
 [rte.ie]
18/6/16
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1 comment:

  1. Belgique : arrestation d'une dizaine d’individus soupçonnés de préparer un attentat...

    Douze personnes soupçonnées de préparer une attaque ont été arrêtées et placées en garde à vue dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi dans le cadre d'une opération antiterroriste en Belgique. Selon la RTBF, ces individus étaient sous surveillance.

    Douze individus soupçonnés de préparer une attaque ont été arrêtés dans la nuit du vendredi 17 au samedi 18 juin en Belgique, a annoncé le parquet fédéral, confirmant une information de la Radio-télévision belge francophone (RTBF).

    "Les éléments recueillis dans le cadre de l'instruction nécessitaient d'intervenir immédiatement", a précisé dans un communiqué le parquet, sans donner de précisions sur les informations qui l'ont poussé à agir.

    "Les arrestations et perquisitions ont été menées cette nuit dans plusieurs communes bruxelloises, comme Schaerbeek, Molenbeek, Zaventem notamment, mais également en Wallonie et en Flandres", rapporte Joana Hostein, correspondante de France 24 à Bruxelles....france24.com

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